Music Gallery
918 Bathurst St
Toronto

10th Anniversary of Track Could Bend improv series.

Confluent Motion with Bill Gilliam, Contemporary Jazz
Emmet Ray
924 College St

6pm to 8:30pm
$10 advanced Tickets
$15 Walk-ins
Reservations: reso@erbar.ca

Josh Grossman, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2017 artistic director described our music as: “While their exploration of free improvisation is impressive, what hooked me was the composing – their interesting melodies always create a home base from which the soloing departs and, ultimately, returns”.

Bill Gilliam (piano), Kayla Milmine (soprano sax), Rob Clutton (bass), Joe Sorbara (drums)

Audiopollination, November 8th 2024 (12th year)

Array Music - 155 Walnut Ave
10$ cash or card (or PWYC)

Music starts at 8pm (usually finished around 10pm)
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I'm playing Set 3 in an evening with a great lineup of talented improvisors.

Set 1
Mira Riselli (upright bass)/ eric cinnsealach (clarinets & white noise machine)/ marilyn yogarajah (trumpet & piano)

Set 2
Martin van de Ven/ Arie vvdv/ Grace Scheele (electric harp/FX/looper)

Set 3
Ryan Kinney electric guitar/ Bill Gilliam (piano) Sara constant (flutes/electronics)

Set 4
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The Art of Improv Salon series hosted by Bill Gilliam & Eugene Martynec, presents an afternoon of spoken word & improvised music at:

Kensington Sound
170A Baldwin St,
Toronto, M5T 1L8

Sunday Oct 20th, 3pm to 5pm,
$20 / PWYC, cash only

There will be 3 sets (approximately 30 mins) featuring each guest artist:

Set 1
Rod Campbell (voice, trumpet) with Eugene Martynec will perform a non linear journey through Chinatown, Kensington Market and a "Lecture on Nothing" with electroacoustics, trumpet, poetry and prose. Reading from Denison Ave by Christina Wong and illustrations by Daniel Innes, a Lecture on Nothing by John Cage and LSD Leacock by Joe Rosenblatt.

Set 2
Jenna Geen (vocalist & poet) with Bill Gilliam and Eugene Martynec will improvise and perform Jenna's poems

Set 3
Penn Kemp (performer) with Bill Gilliam will improvise from Penn's sound opera, Dream Sequins, and pieces from her collection Incrementally.

The studio is up one flight of stairs and there is seating for 30 people. Please come early as the street door will be closed during each set.